Underdog Blog – Fairfax Criminal Defense Lawyer | Virginia DUI Attorney

Fairfax defendant obtains partial judicial relief over prosecutor’s failure to timely disclose exculpatory evidence, Fairfax defendant exposes serious exculpatory evidence disclosure violation. As a Fairfax criminal lawyer, I read with great interest that a Circuit Court judge took the prosecutor’s office to task for a...

Fairfax prosecutors on December 7, 2020, received official written confirmation from their boss not to seek cash bonds against criminal defendants. As a Fairfax criminal lawyer, I can see how this news as reported in the media might at first blush seem pro-criminal defendant, and...

Squeezing beneficial data from breathalyzer / Intox EC/IR II data is what I do for all Virginia DUI defense cases. As a Fairfax DUI lawyer, I have repeatedly experienced the benefits of doing so. Analyzing and deconstructing this DWI breath testing data at first blush...

Fairfax jury trials are in the process of resuming, mainly starting with criminal defendants being held without any payable or affordable bond. As a Fairfax criminal lawyer, I know that one judge this week made the bold ruling to keep past judges' portraits off his...

High crime area is a phrase that police like using to try to justify their reason for focusing their attention on a particular suspect. As a Fairfax criminal lawyer, I am always ready to challenge the legality of police stops, detentions, frisks and arrests. This...

Succeed against your Virginia District Court prosecution. If you do not, as a Fairfax criminal lawyer, I know that you get another bite at the apple through an appeal to Circuit Court. This appeal right has never been more beneficial, now that selecting a jury...

Sticking to the goal of Virginia criminal defense victory can yield stratospheric results Sticking to one’s guns is an essential part of criminal defense and any other vital endeavor. As a Fairfax criminal lawyer, I again saw that truism translate into success, when in a...

A Virginia DUI conviction means the loss of one's driving privileges, the need to complete the Virginia Alcohol Safety Action Program, and possible jail time. As a Fairfax DUI lawyer, I know that such a prosecution is made more challenging when the defendant had a...

Virginia arraignment and attorney review dates are critical to correctly calendar and follow. As a Fairfax criminal lawyer, I know that Northern Virginia courts ordinarily excuse a criminal and DUI defendant's appearance at such court dates so long as a lawyer timely files his or...

Nystagmus testing for alcohol impairment -- also known as horizontal gaze nystagmus (HGN) -- is junk field sobriety testing (SFST) science. As a Fairfax DUI lawyer, I know that no published Virginia appellate opinion approves of such testing, and this year's appellate opinions on HGN...